Pre-Islamic Arabia
What is the simple meaning of Jahaliyah?
Ignorance
In which city did the events of the Year of the Elephant take place?
Makkah
In what city and year was the Prophet (SAW) born in?
He was born in Makkah in 570 CE
What were the two nicknames that the people of Makkah gave the Prophet (SAW)? What did they mean?
As-Sadiq --> The Truthful
Where did Prophet Muhammad (SAW) receive his first revelation?
In Cave Hira
True or False: People in pre-Islamic Arabia treated orphans and poor people kindly?
False
What was the name of the leader who wanted to destroy the Kaaba
Abraha
What were the name of the Prophet's father, mother, nurse-mother, grandfather, and the uncle that took care of him?
Father: Abdullah
Mother: Aminah
Nurse-mother: Halimah
Grandfather: Abdul Muttalib
Uncle: Abu Talib
What was the name of the Prophet's (SAW) wife? And how old was she and the Prophet (SAW) when they got married?
Her name was Khadijah and she was 40 years old when she married the Prophet (SAW) who was 25
In what month was the Quran revealed?
Ramadan
True or False: During the pre-Islamic era, Arabs buried their newborn daughters in sand
True
What city was Abraha's army coming from?
Yemen
What tribe did the Prophet (SAW) belong to?
Qurayash
How many children did the Prophet (SAW) and Khadijah have? What were their names?
They had 4 girls and 2 boys. There names were Zainab, Ruqayyah, Umm Kulthoom, Fatimah, Qasim, and Abdullah
How old was the Prophet (SAW) when he first received revelation.
40 years old
During the pre-Islamic era, how did most of the people respond to the news about the birth of a daughter?
A. They thought the birth of a daughter was unlucky
B. They thought daughters brought good fortune
C. They thought daughters brought money
D. They thought daughters would increase them in power
A
Allah (SWT) sent a flock of birds carrying hot stone, dropping them on the army of Abraha
What were some blessings that the Prophet's nurse-mother noticed in her family when brining him home?
- family's goats were giving enough milk
- goats gave birth to more babies
- food lasted a longer time
- family began to experience more happiness and comfort
What was the name of the boy that the Prophet adopted?
Zayd ibn Harith
What was the name of Surah that was revealed? How many ayahs were revealed?
The first 5 ayahs of Surah Al-Alaq
What were the two major changes Islam brought to the lives of the people in Arabia
Possible Answers:
- Gave equal rights to women
- Stopped the practice of astrology
- Stopped worshipping idols
- Stopped the worship of angels
- Granted inheritance rights to women
- Stopped all forms of lottery
- Discouraged all forms of superstition
Why did Abraha want to destroy the Kaaba?
Abraha wanted to destroy the Kaaba because he wanted people to come to his church in Yemen instead of the Kaaba
What was the reason as to why Prophet (SAW) was sent away to live in the desert with another family?
He was sent to live with another family in the desert away from Makkah due to a disease that was spreading
How did the Prophet (SAW) resolve the dispute between the clans of Qurayash in putting the Black Stone back into it's spot?
The Prophet (SAW) took a sheet of cloth and spread it on the ground. Then he placed the Black Stone on the cloth and told each member of the clan to hold it and carry the Black Stone to the wall of the Kaaba
How many years did it take for the entire Quran to be revealed?
23 years